Ticket-holder.



G. W. ABBOTT,

TICKET HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2. 1918.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

a I T rinrrnn srnrnsrarnivr orrrcn GEORGE W. ABBOTT, OF NEWTONVILLE,MASSACHUSETTS.

TICKET-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. ABBOTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newtonville, county of Middlesex, Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTicket- Holders, of whichthe following isaspecification. r

This .invention relates to an attachment for adapting the standardrailway ticket selling equipment to new issue tickets of different sizeor shape than those of previous issues still current.

In railwayticket selling offices individual holders for tickets to thevarious stations on the system are arranged within the convenient reachof the ticket seller.. Each holder consists of a simple tube or magazinewhich is so constructed and arranged that the tickets gravitate towardthe delivery end thereof and are there held under the influence of agravity follower, and may: be withdrawn one at a time as occasiondemands. The tubespartially envelop the ticket pack and are made tosnugly receive a ticket of standard dimensions at the time ofinstallation. However, in spiteof the difiiculties and inconveniencesinvolved, other considerations sometimes compel changes in shape orsize. a a

The equipment. used represents a substantial investment and can not bereadily changed to accommodate new issue tickets of smaller size. It is,of course, not desirable to destroy the old issue tickets, and since thestandard holders will not properly accommodate the new issue, it isessential that some means be provided whereby they may continue to beused for both issues,-

without interruption at the ticket window.

To the end, therefore, of providing such means, I have devised mypresent invention. In it, I adapt the standard tube to the service ofthe new issue tickets through the use of an auxiliary follower holderdesigned to fit within the standard holder and while maintaining'thefeed of the old tickets presents the tickets of the new issueimmediately upOn the withdrawal of the last old ticket, thus obviatingthe necessity of replacing the standard holder, and permitting ticketsof both issues to be served from the same holder. My attachment may beproduced at a cost less than the replacement cost of the standardholders, and does not 7 interfere with the ordinary use of the stand-Specifioation of Letters Patent. Patentgd Feb, 11, 1919,

Application filed November 2, 1918. Serial No. 260,878.

ard holder and does not involve any departure from the usual manner ofserving the tickets, to which the ticket seller is so accustomed.

' These and certain other features of ad- 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4: is a detail View of the adapting attachment or auxiliary ticketholder, removed. a

I have indicated generally at 1 a ticket holder of standard constructionwhich is adapted to be supported in the usual cabinet or rack so as tobe disposed in downwardlyinclined relation whereby the contained ticketsheld vertically will gravitate toward its lower or delivery end and maybe individually withdrawn by a downward pull as occasion demands.

The holder 1 is atube or magazine adapted to partially envelop the packof tickets T, and comprises a relatively flat bottom wall 2 andlongitudinally extending side walls 3 defining a trough orchannel-shaped receiver for the tickets, which are placed edgewisetherein from the upper open end of the holder and feed toward the lowerend, being assisted in this action by the auxiliary holder, as will belater described.

The forward ends of the side walls 3 are cut at an angle to the bottomwall 2, and one of said walls is extended to a height slightly greaterthan the longest dimension of the ticket and is turned inwardly asindicated at 5 to overlie the upper edges of the tickets. See Fig. 2.The column of tickets is supported in the relation illustrated at thelower end of the holder 1 by any suitable supporting devices, as theinturned stop flanges 6 of the side walls.

In order to adapt a holder of this type to tickets of smaller size, Iprovide an attachment in the nature of an auxiliary ticket magazine 7adapted to fit within the holder 1 in rear of the pack of tickets T andto itself act as a gravity follower to force the tickets T toward thedelivery end of the holder 1. The magazine 7 accommodates the tickets ofthe new issue, indicated at T and serves these tickets in substantiallythe same manner that the standard tickets T are served from vthe holder1.

For this purpose, the adapting magazine 7 preferably embodies a bottomwall 8, side walls 9 and stop flanges 10, corresponding substantially inform and purpose to the similar elements of the holder 1, the shorter ofthe side walls being, however, turned upon itself as indicated at 11 tofreely bear against the adjacent short side wall of the holder 1;

The channel-shaped receiver thus defined fits snugly the pack of ticketsT the longer side wall, if desired, having a suitable lip or flange 12adapted to overlie the upper edge of the pack, and fits freely withinthe standard holder 1 in rear of the pack of tickets T. A gravityfollower, preferably a rolling ball or marble a is placed behind theticket packT to cause the tickets T to abut the stop flanges 10, andadditionally urging the supplemental holder 7 to follow the old issuetickets to their delivery point.

In using my device, the supplemental holder 7 containing tickets T ofthe new issue, is inserted in rear of the tickets T of previous issuecontained in the standard holder 1, and the tickets T withdrawn in theusual manner until exhausted, whereconstruction of my invention mayobviously be made, within the limits of the appended claims.

What I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a ticket holder of the class described, a ticket tube comprising achannel-shaped member supported at an incline, a stop flange at thelower end of said tube, an auxiliary holder slidable within said tubeand having a flanged lower end=disposedlin effective relation to saidfirst named" stop flange to feed and hold the. tickets contained in saidtube, and a gravity follower effective through said auxiliary holder tohold tickets against said holder stop.w

2. An attachment for adapting a standard ticket holder for tickets ofpredetermined size to the service of tickets of a different size,comprising an auxiliary holder forthe tickets of different size adaptedto slidably fit within the standard holder in downwardly incliningposition therein andin rear of the tickets of predetermined size and act7 as a gravity follower against said tickets.

3. A ticket holder adapted for the-service of tickets of diflerent size,comprising a tube adaptedtobe supported at an incline and having a stopat its lower end against which tickets of one size contained in saidtube rest, a substantially similar tube-of smaller size freely slidablein said: first named tube and having astop at its lower end againstwhich tickets of aidifierent size contained in said smallertube rest,said smaller-sized tube acting. as agravity fol-- 101761 against saidtickets in the first-named til e. f i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE ABBOTT. Witnesses. f

EDWARD N. Grooms, VICTORIA LOWDENI Copies of thin-patent may be obtainedfor five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner otl'atentn,

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